from the Eastern Archipelago. 261 



Tehmgia coccosa. 



T. breviter obovata, atra, nitida ; capitc baud squamoso ; rostro vage 

 punctulato, sulco lateral! sqiiarais albis repleto ; antonnis testaceis ; 

 pi'othorace vage sxxbtiliter punctulato ; elytris rufo-brunneis, niti- 

 dissirais, remote subtiliter seriatim punctulatis ; corpore infra 

 rufo-bruuneo, nitido ; pedibus nigris, sparse albo-squamosis ; fe- 

 moribus supra linea niveo-squamosa ornatis. Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Batchian. 



Idotasia. 



Nostrum baud clongatum, validum, arcuatum ; scrohes mediana?, ad 

 partem inferiorem oculorum currentes. Ocnli laterales, antice baud 

 approximantes. Sca2)us brevis, oculum vix attingons ; funicvhui 

 7-articulatus, articulis l", 2" lougiusculis, casteris brevioribus : 

 clava ovata, adnata. Prothorci.v subconicus, supra valde con- 

 vexus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. ScKtcUutii nullum, Eh/tra 

 bre\-iuscula, valde convcxa, subcordiformes, prothorace paulo 

 latiora. Pedes elongati ; femora incrassata, compressa, infra 

 canaliculata ; tih'ue rectaj, sulcata^ ; tarsi aequales, articulo basali 

 modice elongato, sccuudo angustiore, tertio late bilobo, quarto 

 breviusculo ; unrjidculi apjiroximati, basi connati? Ema pecto- 

 ralis mesosterno terminata, apice margine elevato. Metasternum 

 norraale. Processus intcrcoxalis latissimus. Abdomen segmcntis 

 tertio quartoque brevissimis. 



There is a very marked resemblance between the species of 

 this genus, wliicli are, notwithstanding, distinguished by very 

 distinctive characters. The genus is also found in Northern 

 Australia. 



Idotasia nasuta. PI. XVI. fig. 2. 



/. nigra, nitida ; rostro dimidio basali arcuato-gibboso, et niveo- 

 squamoso ; antennis'pallidc ferrugineis ; oculis tcnuc granulatis ; 

 protliorace ampliato, transverse, subvage subtilissime punctulato : 

 elytris seriatim remote subtilissime punctulatis; corpore infra 

 iiigro-brunneo ; femoribus lineatim albo-sqtiamosis, supra squamis 

 dense vestitis, anticis valde ampliatis, subtus dente minuto in- 

 structis, caiteris muticis ; tibiis posticis basi paulo arcuatis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Ilab. Dorey, Morty, Waigiou. 



Idotasia ebriosa. * 



f. pra^cedenti simillima ; rostro minus elongato, fere toto arcuato- 

 gibboso, squamis niveis basi vestito ; autennis pallide ferrugineis; 

 oculis tenue granulatis ; prothorace subconico, vage subfortiter 

 ])unctato ; elytris seriatim subtiliter, sat miiuis remote punctu- 

 latis ; corpore infra pedibusque piceis, his sparse niveo-squamu- 

 losis ; femoribus vix iiu-rassatis. baud dentatis, nee lineatis. 

 Long. \\ lin. 



Ilah. Salwatty. 



